Monitoring polypharmacy in healthcare systems through a multi-setting survey: should we put more attention on long term care facilities?

<em>Background</em>. Polypharmacy is a main issue of patient safety in all healthcare settings (<em>i.e.</em> increase adverse drug reactions and incidence of drug-drug interactions, etc.). The main object of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of polypharmacy and the ap...

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Main Authors: Luca Arnoldo, Giovanni Cattani, Piergiorgio Cojutti, Federico Pea, Silvio Brusaferro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-12-01
Series:Journal of Public Health Research
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Online Access:http://www.jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/745